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Dr. Roar Myrdal has been appointed technical director of chemicals, mining and tunnelling at Normet International. Myrdal will take up his duties on 15 September this year.

In his role, Myrdal will be responsible for research and development of mining and tunnelling chemicals at the company. He will report to the director of tunnelling and chemicals Odd-Bjorn Kleven.
Dr. Myrdal has been working with concrete technology in industry, public road authorities and research institutes since the early 1990s and has a broad international experience in research projects and industrial cooperation. He has a doctoral degree in chemistry and holds an adjunct professorship in concrete technology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Before joining Normet International Myrdal worked as a senior scientist at Sintef (a leading international research institute and the largest independent research organization in Scandinavia) and as a member of the management group in Coin (Concrete Innovation Centre at Sintef). During his time at Sintef, Myrdal was involved in various international projects. Previously, he was head of research and development at Rescon Mapei.

Myrdal played a key role in developing alkali-free accelerators for sprayed concrete. He has published more than 50 international papers and reports on chemistry and concrete technology related topics.